Harmful Effects
Chronic stress overwhelms this feedback, leading to prolonged elevated cortisol with harmful effects (immunosuppression, hypertension, muscle wasting, impaired wound healing).
Harmful Effects
- Destroy lumber, paper, cloth
- Cause human/animal diseases and allergies
- Produce mycotoxins and poisonous mushrooms
- Cause crop diseases (e.g. potato blight)
- Spoil stored agricultural produce
Read this in Medical Mycology: Fungi Properties, Benefits & Harmful Effects
What our notes say
- Chronic stress overwhelms this feedback, leading to prolonged elevated cortisol with harmful effects (immunosuppression, hypertension, muscle wasting, impaired wound healing). (END YEAR PP1 & PP2 2025 Physiology: MCQs for Medical School Exams)
- Clinical Significance: Nonpathogenic, with no harmful effects. (Trichomonas)